George Burns

George Burns
Burns in 1986
Date personale
Nume la naștere	Nathan Birnbaum
Născut	20 ianuarie 1896(1896-01-20) New York City
Decedat	9 martie 1996 (100 de ani) Beverly Hills, California
Înmormântat	Forest Lawn Memorial Park[*][[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (cemetery in Glendale, California)|​]]
Cauza decesului	insuficiență cardiacă
Părinți	Louis Birnbaum, Dorah (nèe Bluth)
Căsătorit cu	Hannah Siegal (divorced) Gracie Allen (c. 1926; vâd. 1964)
Copii	Sandra Jean Burns (1934–2010 ) Ronald Jon Burns (1935–2007)
Cetățenie	Statele Unite ale Americii
Ocupație	Actor, comedian, scriitor
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză
Activitate
Alte nume	Nattie
Ani de activitate	1902 – 1996
Premii	Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun actor în rol secundar (1975) Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award[*][[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (award)|​]] Premiul Centrului Kennedy[*]​ Premiul Saturn Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording[*][[Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (award)|​]] (20 februarie 1991) Stea pe Hollywood Walk of Fame[*]​
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George Burns (născut Nathan Birnbaum la 20 ianuarie 1896 – d. 9 martie 1996) a fost un actor și scriitor american de film.

Scriitor

George Burns în „The Lucy Show”

Burns are la activ 10 cărți scrise:

• Burns, George; Hobart Lindsay, Cynthia (1955). I Love Her, That's Why. Simon and Schuster. 
• Burns, George (1976). Living it up: Or, They Still Love Me in Altoona!. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-11636-0. 
• Burns, George (1980). The Third Time Around. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-12169-2. 
• Burns, George (1983). How To Live To Be 100 – Or More – The Ultimate Diet, Sex and Exercise Book. Robson Books. ISBN 978-0-399-12939-1. 
• Burns, George (1984). Dr. Burns' Prescription for Happiness: Buy Two Books and Call Me in the Morning. Putnam. 
• Burns, George (1985). Dear George. Putnam. 
• Burns, George (1988). Gracie : A Love Story. Putnam. ISBN 0-399-13384-4. 
• Burns, George; Fisher, David (1989). All My Best Friends. Putnam. ISBN 0-399-13483-2. 
• Burns, George; Goldman, Hal (1991). Wisdom of the 90's. Putnam. 
• Burns, George (1996). 100 Years 100 Stories. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-14179-9. 

Filmografie

• The Big Broadcast (1932)
• International House (1933)
• College Humor (1933)
• Six of a Kind (1934)
• We're Not Dressing (1934)
• Many Happy Returns (1934)
• Love in Bloom (1935)
• Here Comes Cookie (1935)
• The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
• College Holiday (1936)
• A Damsel in Distress (1937)
• College Swing (1938)
• Honolulu (1939)
• The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) (narrator)
• The Sunshine Boys (1975)
• Oh, God! (1977)
• Movie Movie (1978)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
• Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
• Going in Style (1979)
• Oh, God! Book II (1980)
• Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
• 18 Again! (1988)
• A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
• Radioland Murders (1994)
• Lambchops (1929)
• Fit to Be Tied (1930)
• Pulling a Bone (1931)
• The Antique Shop (1931)
• Once Over, Light (1931)
• 100% Service (1931)
• Oh, My Operation (1932)
• The Babbling Book (1932)
• Your Hat (1932)
• Let's Dance (1933)
• Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933)
• Walking the Baby (1933)
• Screen Snapshots: Famous Fathers and Sons (1946)
• Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Grows Up (1954)
• Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955)
• All About People (1967) (narrator)
• A Look at the World of Soylent Green (1973)
• The Lion Roars Again (1975)

Discografie

Albume

An	Album	Poziții în topuri		Label
		US Country	US
1980	"I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"	12	93	Mercury
	"George Burns in Nashville"	–	–
1982	"Young at Heart"	–	–

Single-uri

An	Single	Poziții în topuri					Album
		US Country	US	CAN Country	CAN	CAN AC
1980	"I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"	15	49	8	25	19	I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
	"The Arizona Whiz"	85	—	—	—	—
1981	"Willie, Won't You Sing a Song with Me"	66	—	—	—	—	George Burns in Nashville

Bibliografie

• George Burns by Martin Gottfried, published by Simon & Schuster, 1996
• Young, Jordan R. (1999) The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio & TV's Golden Age. Beverly Hills: Past Times Publishing ISBN 0-940410-37-0

Legături externe

• Official George Burns website
• George Burns la Internet Movie Database
• en George Burns la Internet Broadway Database
• George Burns la Allmovie
• Home of George Burns & Gracie Allen-Radio Television Mirror-December 1940 (page 17)